Project Muse

Project Muse was founded in 1993 as a joint project between the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at the Johns Hopkins University. With grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Project Muse was launched online alongside the JHU Press Journals in 1995.{{cite web|title= Project MUSE |work= Pennsylvania State University Libraries |language= en |url= https://libraries.psu.edu/databases/psu01334 |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424094727/https://libraries.psu.edu/databases/psu01334 |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title= Project Muse |work= Southeastern Louisiana University |language= en |url= https://www.southeastern.edu/library/databases/about/projectmuse/ |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424094650/https://www.southeastern.edu/library/databases/about/projectmuse/ |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|first= Sara |last= Amato |date= 1997 |title= Internet Reviews |language= en |volume= 58 |issue= 5 |magazine= College & Research Libraries News |publisher= Association of College and Research Libraries |pages= 347–348 |doi= 10.5860/crln.58.5.347 |doi-access= free |issn= 2150-6698 |quote= Download this PDF file |url= https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/23113/30064 |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424115228/https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/23113/30064 |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status= dead}}{{cite journal|first1= Melanie B. |last1= Schaffner |first2= Judy |last2= Luther |first3= October |last3= Ivins |date= September 2005 |title= Project MUSE's New Pricing Model: A Case Study in Collaboration |language= en |volume= 31 |issue= 3 |journal= Serials Review |publisher= Routledge |pages= 192–199 |doi= 10.1080/00987913.2005.10764984 |issn= 1879-095X}}{{cite journal|first= Susan E. |last= Lewis |date= 1995 |title= Project Muse and "The Web": An American university press goes on-line |language= en |volume= 6 |issue= 2 |journal= Logos |publisher= Brill Publishers |pages= 73–78 |doi= 10.2959/logo.1995.6.2.73 |doi-access= free |issn= 1878-4712 |url= https://brill.com/view/journals/logo/6/2/article-p73_5.xml |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424121256/https://brill.com/view/journals/logo/6/2/article-p73_5.xml |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status= dead|url-access= subscription }} In January 2012, Muse launched its eBook Collections on the platform in collaboration with the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC), fully integrating them for search and discovery alongside its established journal collections.{{cite journal|title= Project MUSE: New Titles and List Pricing for Journal Collections for 2012 Announced; University Press Content Consortium Beta Goes Live on August 1st |first= Gary |last= Price |date= July 29, 2011 |journal= Library Journal |issn= 0363-0277 |language= en |url= https://www.infodocket.com/2011/07/29/project-muse-2012-new-titles-and-list-pricing-for-journal-collections-announced-university-press-content-consortium-live-on-august-1st/ |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424122752/https://www.infodocket.com/2011/07/29/project-muse-2012-new-titles-and-list-pricing-for-journal-collections-announced-university-press-content-consortium-live-on-august-1st/ |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|first= Larry |last= Sheret |date= July 1, 2012 |title= UPCC Book Collections on Project MUSE |language= en |volume= 14 |issue= 1 |journal= The Charleston Advisor |publisher= Annual Reviews |pages= 44-47 |doi= 10.5260/chara.14.1.44 |issn= 1525-4011 |url= https://mds.marshall.edu/lib_faculty/21/ |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240727084400/https://mds.marshall.edu/lib_faculty/21/ |archive-date=July 27, 2024 |url-status= dead|url-access= subscription }}{{cite web|title= The UPCC and Project MUSE eBook Collection for Libraries |date= February 13, 2012 |work= University of Pennsylvania Press |language= en |url= https://www.pennpress.org/blog/the-upcc-and-project-muse-ebook-collection-for-libraries/ |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424125443/https://www.pennpress.org/blog/the-upcc-and-project-muse-ebook-collection-for-libraries/ |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}}

Project Muse announced in 2023 the launch of its Subscribe to Open (S2O) program, an open access initiative scheduled to begin in 2025. This program allows participating journals to make their content freely available to all readers if a minimum subscription revenue threshold is met during the year.{{cite journal|title= Subscribe to Open Grows with Project MUSE, Clarivate Partners with EveryLibrary, and More {{!}} News in Brief, October 2023 |first= Matt |last= Enis |date= November 2, 2023 |journal= Library Journal |issn= 0363-0277 |language= en |url= https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/subscribe-to-open-grows-with-project-muse-clarivate-partners-with-everylibrary-and-more-news-in-brief-october-2023 |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250123104919/https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/subscribe-to-open-grows-with-project-muse-clarivate-partners-with-everylibrary-and-more-news-in-brief-october-2023 |archive-date= January 23, 2025 |url-status=dead}} In 2024, Project Muse said it will continue to serve libraries worldwide with access to a wide range of humanities and social science research materials, including thousands of open access books and several open access journals.{{cite journal|title= Discover New Hosted Journals on Project MUSE |author= Project MUSE |date= April 18, 2024 |journal= Library Journal |issn= 0363-0277 |language= en |url= https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/discover-new-hosted-journals-on-project-muse-lj240418 |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424094521/https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/discover-new-hosted-journals-on-project-muse-lj240418 |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}}

Project Muse offers tiered-pricing structures to meet budgetary and research needs of subscribing institutions.{{cite web|title= Project MUSE |work= Minitex |language= en |url= https://minitex.umn.edu/services/electronic-resources/vendors/project-muse |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250116105257/https://minitex.umn.edu/services/electronic-resources/vendors/project-muse |archive-date= January 16, 2025 |url-status=dead}} Project Muse is also the sole source of full-text versions of journal titles from a number of university presses and scholarly societies.{{cite web|title= Project MUSE Journals and Books |work= Montana State University Library |language= en |url= https://www.lib.montana.edu/resources/about/435 |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424094622/https://www.lib.montana.edu/resources/about/435 |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title= Project MUSE |work= University of North Carolina Wilmington Library |language= en |url= https://library.uncw.edu/eresources/project_muse |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424132537/https://library.uncw.edu/eresources/project_muse |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}}

Supported by two grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The University Press e-book Consortium (UPeC) emerged in 2009 to explore the feasibility of, and later develop, a university press-based e-book initiative that would balance the interests of both the publishing and library communities.{{cite journal|first= Mark |last= Johnson |date= 2013 |title= University Press eBook Platforms: A Brief Overview |language= en |volume= 25 |issue= 6 |journal= Against the Grain |publisher= Against the Grain, LLC |pages= 31-35 |doi= 10.7771/2380-176X.7443 |doi-access= free |issn= 1043-2094 |url= https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg/vol25/iss6/48/ |access-date= January 17, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250117133049/https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg/vol25/iss6/48/ |archive-date= January 17, 2025 |url-status= dead}}{{cite journal|title= New Ebook Platforms Target the Scholarly Monograph |first= Michael |last= Kelley |date= January 28, 201 |journal= Library Journal |issn= 0363-0277 |language= en |url= https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/new-ebook-platforms-target-the-scholarly-monograph |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250424133855/https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/new-ebook-platforms-target-the-scholarly-monograph |archive-date= April 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}} In Spring 2011, UPeC announced its partnership with Project Muse, and the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) Book Collections on Project Muse was established. Launched in January 2012, the UPCC Book Collections consist of thousands of peer-reviewed book titles from major university presses and related scholarly publishers. Book collections are fully integrated with Muse's electronic journal collections, allowing users to search across books and journals simultaneously or limit searches by content type.{{cite web|title= University Presses Lead the Way for Publisher-Based Ebook Systems |first= Nancy K. |last= Herther |date= October 10, 2011 |work= Information Today |language= en |url= https://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/University-Presses-Lead-the-Way-for-PublisherBased-Ebook-Systems-78139.asp |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128090339/https://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/University-Presses-Lead-the-Way-for-PublisherBased-Ebook-Systems-78139.asp |archive-date= November 28, 2023 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title= Project MUSE Editions and UPeC Announce Merger |date= March 10, 2011 |work= Center for Research Libraries |language= en |url= https://liblicense.crl.edu/ListArchives/1103/msg00035.html |access-date= April 24, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240927054733/https://liblicense.crl.edu/ListArchives/1103/msg00035.html |archive-date= September 27, 2024 |url-status=dead}} In 2016, it launched an initiative to create an open access platform that also digitized out-of-print scholarly books under the effort called Muse Open.{{cite web|url=https://technical.ly/baltimore/2018/05/07/johns-hopkins-university-press-is-giving-out-of-print-books-new-life/|title=Johns Hopkins University Press is giving out-of-print books new life|last=Christopher|first=Church|date=May 7, 2018|work=Technically Media|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2025|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613071721/https://technical.ly/baltimore/2018/05/07/johns-hopkins-university-press-is-giving-out-of-print-books-new-life/|url-status=dead}}

==See also==

• Aluka
• Artstor
• ArXiv
• Digital preservation
• Japanese Historical Text Initiative
• List of academic databases and search engines

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